The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

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Firman Balza believes that the Japanese lost the war that first day, but it took the United States three and a half...

[Annotator's Note: Billy Grieves served in the Navy aboard the submarine USS Thresher (SS-200).] The islands [Annotator...

After surviving a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] flight that arrived in Hawaii on...

Even though he was a small boy, William Hussey was aware that there was a fear that the Japanese would invade Hawaii....

Sunday, 7 December 1941 was just like any other Sunday for Fred Aldridge and his fellow sailors. When an alarm sounded...

Earl Williams returned from overseas where he had been in charge of aircraft disposition for the Pacific area. Assigned...

Perry Smith was born at West Point, New York in 1934 while his father was serving as an instructor at the US Military...

Oral History